The names “opossum” and “possum” are not interchangeable. Possums—without the “o”—are a different group of marsupials, which all live in Australia and New Guinea.

A person in a goofy costume jumped into a monkey enclosure in Japan. Two Americans were detained after the viral stunt.

Today, UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (SDZWA) announced a formal partnership through the Agile Restoration & Conservation Hubs (ARCH) initiative ...

SAN DIEGO (KABC) -- The San Diego Zoo Safari Park welcomed four male cheetah cubs to the Ultimate Safari on March 9. The brothers were born on Jan. 24, 2026, to first-time mother Kelechi. The brothers ...

ESCONDIDO, Calif. (CNS) - The San Diego Zoo Safari Park on Thursday opened Denny Sanford Elephant Valley, the largest project in San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance's 109-year history, and one which ...

Dec. 9 (UPI) --The San Diego Zoo announced the birth of a giraffe calf to a first-time mother who was also born at the zoo years earlier. The zoo announced Masai giraffe Mawe gave birth to her first ...

The giraffe habitat at the San Diego Zoo just got a new resident. A new calf was born on Nov. 30 between Mawe, its mother, and Chifu, the father. Both parents are Masai giraffes who were born at the ...

Nov. 26 (UPI) --The San Diego Zoo offered the first glimpses of a trio of fossa pups who were born at the facility in July but have just started to explore their enclosure. The zoo said in a news ...

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Zoo will begin charging visitors $16 per day for parking starting January 5, marking the end of free parking at one of the region's most visited attractions. Zoo members will ...

Gramma, the beloved Galapagos tortoise who lived at the San Diego Zoo for nearly a century, has died on Nov. 20. She was (about) 141. The zoo's care team "made the compassionate and exceptionally ...

LOS ANGELES — After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galapagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died.